Paper mop



Nav. 22, 193g., A C STEPAN www PAPER MOP A Filed sept. 17, 193e ooneooooooooooa Sie/ami' 3M' TZMA Patented Nov. 22, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to a mop and it aims to provide a novel construction pro-viding a plurality of mopping portions, which is inexpensive.

It is further aimed to provide such a construction which is manufactured from paper, which has better cleansing qualities than other materials, 4and which may nevertheless be used for all purposes for which cloth is at present employed.

It is further aimed to provide such a construction consisting of a roll of paper perforated at Various elevations to enable detachment of the lowermost portion when used, the construction preferably employing a cover for protecting and stabilizing purposes and the uppermost portion of the mop .also preferably being surrounded by a reenforcing cord or the like, and the cover being separable in sections.

The more specific objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connection with accompanying drawing illustrating an operative embodiment.

In said drawing:-

Figure l is a side elevation of the mop, with the cover in place;

Figure 2 is a View in side elevation, partly broken away, with the cover shown in central vertical section;

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Figure 1, and

Figure 4 is a detail elevation of a fragment of the sheet from which the mop is made.

Referring specically to the drawing, the mop body consists of a tightly rolled sheet of paper Ill the same being of any desired dimensions as to the roll and the paper sheet being of any preferred thickness, the thicknesses varying according to the different purposes for which the mop is used. It will be noted that the sheet I has lines of perforations or is otherwise weakened or scored as at Il. The lower end of the mop or cylinder formed by the roll of paper is the one used for mopping purposes, being engaged with the floor or any other surface at the lower end of the roll. When such lower end portion is used or is no longer effective, it is severed or removed by tearing the same along the lowermost row of perforations II, thereby producing a new lower end surface constituting a mopping surface. Such action of removing the lowermost portion after use or it becomes ineffective, is repeated by successively removing the lowermost portion along the lines of perforations. It will be noted that the uppermost portion of the roll, that is above the upper row of perforations I I, is tightened and reenforced by a band I2, for instance a cord of textile material, tied as at I3.

The mop is reenforced and protected by a cover or cap I4 preferably made of strong paper and having a cylindrical wall I5 telescoped over the mop body and closed at the top as by means of an end wall I6. Such cover terminates at the lowermost row of perforatio-ns so as to leave an elective mopping portion exposed. The cover is also perforated, weakened or scored as at I6a and each time the lowermost portion of the mop body is torn o-r removed from the remainder, the lowermost portion of the cover I5 is torn or removed at the lowermost row of perforations Ilia, thereby leaving an exposed mopping portion.

Various changes may be resorted to provided they fall within the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:-

l. A mop of the class described comprising a` roll of elongated sheet material rolled in the direction of its greatest length, said sheet material having lines of perforations longitudinally thereof whereby they Will be arranged at different heights in the mop, to permit removal of cylindrical portions of the mop as they become ineffective, and means on the rolled sheet above the uppermost perforations operating to maintain the sheet in rolled form, said sheet being of paper, and a cylindrical cover about the mop, said cover being in separable portions to enable its gradual removal corresponding to the removal of portions of the mop.

2. A mop of the class described comprising a cylinder of elongated sheet material rolled in the direction of its greatest length into relatively compact form and adapted to be used on end, said cylinder being divided into a plurality of cylindrical portions by lines of perforations made longitudinally of the material and parallel with each other .and alined in the cylinder, said portions being adapted for separation at the perforations to present a fresh surface for use, and

a cylindrical cover about the cylinder provided with separable sections formed by rows of perforations alined with the perforations in the cylinder for removal of a section of the cover with the removal of each portion of the cylinder.

ALFRED C. STEFAN. 

